BUENOS AIRES. Boca Juniors topped Unión Santa Fe to win 2-1. It was Boca Juniors to strike first with an early goal of Marcos Rojo at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Miguel Merentiel gave the win to Boca Juniors in the 71′ minute with a goal. Boca Juniors was decisively better in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Franco Calderón received a red card (28′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Unión Santa Fe lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium in Buenos Aires on Friday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Yael Falcón Pérez with the collaboration of Facundo Rodríguez and Marcelo Bistocco. The 4th official was Bruno Bocca. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.51 degrees Celsius or 70.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Boca Juniors had a strong ball possession 72% while Unión Santa Fe was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Boca Juniors was more aggressive with 0 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Boca Juniors won the match​.

Boca Juniors shot 17 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Unión Santa Fe shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Boca Juniors received 4 yellow cards (Bruno Valdez, Jorman Campuzano, Miguel Merentiel and Pol Fernández). Regarding the opposition, Unión Santa Fe received 1 yellow card (Joaquín Mosqueira).

Also, Unión Santa Fe didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Franco Calderón (Unión Santa Fe) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (28′).

Standings

After this match, Boca Juniors will have 10 points to go up in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, Unión Santa Fe will stay with 11 points to lose in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Boca Juniors will play away against Godoy Cruz on the 18th of November with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Boca Juniors (2 draws).

Unión Santa Fe will host Tigre on the 18th of November with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Tigre (3 draws).

Boca Juniors – Formation

Boca Juniors started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jorge Francisco Almirón Quintana decided to play with the following team: Sergio Romero (7.7), Lucas Blondel (7.1), Bruno Valdez (7.0), Marcos Rojo (7.3), Frank Fabra (7.3), Cristian Medina (7.5), Pol Fernández (7.1), Ezequiel Fernández (7.3), Valentín Barco (7.5), Edinson Cavani (7.5) and Miguel Merentiel (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Facundo Roncaglia, Marcelo Saracchi, Ezequiel Bullaude (6.8), Darío Benedetto (7.0), Lucas Janson, Javier García, Nicolás Valentini (7.0), Juan Ramírez, Norberto Briasco, Vicente Taborda (7.8), Jorman Campuzano (6.4) and Marcelo Weigandt.

Substitutions

Boca Juniors made 5 changes: Marcos Rojo for Nicolás Valentini (46′), Pol Fernández for Vicente Taborda (60′), Valentín Barco for Ezequiel Bullaude (85′), Ezequiel Fernández for Jorman Campuzano (73′) and Edinson Cavani for Darío Benedetto (60′).

Best player: Miguel Merentiel​

The player that probably impressed the most for Boca Juniors was Miguel Merentiel.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 36 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4.

Unión Santa Fe – Formation

Unión Santa Fe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Cristian Alberto González Peret played with: Sebastián Moyano (7.5), Federico Vera (6.4), Nicolás Paz (7.1), Franco Calderón (5.0), Claudio Corvalán (6.4), Kevin Zenón (7.0), Enzo Roldán (7.0), Joaquín Mosqueira (7.0), Mauro Luna Diale (7.3), Gonzalo Morales (6.6) and Jerónimo Dómina (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolás Campisi, Tomás González (6.4), Francisco Gerometta  (6.8), Mariano Meynier, Tiago Banega (6.6), Mateo Del Blanco (7.5), Rafael Profini, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Juan Bircher, Daniel Juárez, Nicolás Orsini (6.6), Franco Pardo and Juan Bircher.

Substitutions

Unión Santa Fe made 5 changes: Gonzalo Morales for Tiago Banega (60′), Enzo Roldán for Mateo Del Blanco (64′), Mauro Luna Diale for Nicolás Orsini (65′), Federico Vera for Francisco Gerometta  (80′) and Jerónimo Dómina for Tomás González (80′).

Best player: Mateo Del Blanco​

The player that probably impressed the most for Unión Santa Fe was Mateo Del Blanco.

His rating is (7.5) with 8 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• Boca Juniors – Unión Santa Fe – 2-1